Vilhelm Swedenborg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilhelm Swedenborg

Swedish balloonist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1869

Place of Birth: Kvidinge, Skåne County, Sweden

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1943

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gustaf Vilhelm Emanuel Swedenborg (17 June 1869 in Kvidinge – 1943 in Drottningholm) son of lieutenant colonel Gustaf Erik Oscar Swedenborg and Maria Therése Fock, was a member of the Swedish military and an aeronaut, today remembered as a reservist on Salomon August Andrées failed Northpole-expedition in 1897 and for being one of the first Swedish balloonists.
He was also the first person to hold an aeronautical certificate in Sweden, issued in 1905.